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Old 10-10-2007, 03:10 AM   #1
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Why daylight savings

I just heard daylight savings is not about farmers but was developed during WW1 to save energy. The system seems counter logical though removing evening daylight during the winter when utility costs are higher and you have shorter days anyways, wasup?
 
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Old 10-10-2007, 09:58 AM   #2
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It's just a carryover from a time before digital clocks and a 24 hour world. For me, it screws up traffic FOUR times as much as it should. Every time the time changes, it puts the sun coming up and going down right in the middle of rush hour. I'd be happy if it was just done away with.
 
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